DD says her classmates are sick of gender indoctrination

[LittleWhingingWoman]

DD is at high school where they have had their fifth gender training so far this year. Nothing on violence against girls and women - nothing on race - nothing on disability - it's ALL gender religion being taught.

Anyway she says apart from a couple of attention seeking middle class white girls who talk incessantly about gender - the rest of her class are becoming sick of it. The boys in particular are fed up of hearing about it and it's becoming a subject that is getting eyerolls as soon as it's mentioned. There are children like herself who have various disabilities and who come from mixed race families who in particular are feeling that only one kind of diversity is ever discussed and that the kids who are attracted to it are ones who would never be regarded as special if they they weren't identifying into it.

I suppose there is hope in knowing that even with the constant indoctrination, many kids really don't believe it. She says a group of girls police the other kids language and shriek "transphobia" at anyone who doesn't comply. However the mini inquisition (again white middle class girls) are now dreaded amongst the regular kids who are at school for you know... learning stuff like maths and science and biology etc.

Sorry I've just realised I've moved the thread onto a tangent. 😅😅 Apologies OP. Let's get back to talking about kids rejecting gender woo. Happy to spin off a separate thread if there's any interest.

@NonnyMouse1337

but white privilege isnt about the past in so much as your ancestors might have done bad things, thats a stupid idea, I am white but my ancestors came from the middle east a few hundred years ago, no one knows others background.

white privilege is about the things you are unaware of, its the same as male privilege, men are blissfully unaware they get paid more then women who work harder then they do, they dont understand they are more likely to get a decent pension because the system favours the way men work rather then women etc, its all this invisible stuff that gives them a advantage that they are unaware of.

obviously if you went to china you would see the Han privilege, if you went to south africa you would see the black privilege now etc

its about the unseen bias

A very well balanced 17 year old I know rolls her eyes and says they need to get a life. She has no time for the gender nonsense and has the strength of character to call it out.

Great posts @NonnyMouse1337

I do wish it had a wider audience though, even just here on MN.

Why feel guilt and discomfort? What good is that going to do other than affect your mental health? Why should such negative, anxiety provoking feelings be the motivation for being a good person?

I’m not saying people should feel guilt and discomfort, just that they do - especially if exposed to woke culture where they are actively made to feel bad for being white. And that if they do, reacting by trying to “escape” privilege by adopting a special, supposedly (but not actually) oppressed minority identity is not necessary, they could just accept that they have white privilege and get over it.

I agree that you don’t need to feel guilty about being white and western. Though an awareness of privilege (of any kind) is not a bad thing.